
Chloride, Arizona, USA
Doris Evelyn Nelson was an American silent film actress and dancer. When she was a child her family moved to Los Angeles, California where she started dancing in the Bull's Eye Follies. Her brief film career began with a 1920 comedy short called "Springtime" where she played against Oliver Hardy. She appears in 20 film productions. A passionate affair with married actor Wallace Reid tragically ended in January 1923 when he died of a drug overdose. On June 16, 1923 Evelyn Nelson committed suicide by turning on the gas in her apartment.
as Helen Turner

as Carolyn Grey
1923

1920

as Helen Turner
1921

as Isobel Lorraine
1923

as Ann La Vere
1921

as Urchin Girl
1920

as The Girl
1919

as Louise Warner
1921

as Patricia Benton
1922

as Frances Powell
1921

as Mary Langdon
1922

as The Commissioner's Daughter
1920
as Mary Langdon
1922

as Carolyn Grey
1923

as Isobel Lorraine
1923

as Mary Langdon
1922

as Patricia Benton
1922

as Matilda Ann Carter
1922

1922

as Mollie Miller
1922

as Frances Powell
1921

as Frances Powell
1921

as Louise Warner
1921

as Ann La Vere
1921

as 'Angel' Lambert
1921

as Beulah Stone, Tom's Sister
1921

as Helen Turner
1921

as The Girl
1920

as Urchin Girl
1920
1920

as The Salvation Army lassie
1920

1920

as The Commissioner's Daughter
1920

as The Girl
1919